Beleaguered Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he has cancelled a planned visit to India due to the ongoing political crisis in … Wickremesinghe's centre-right United National Party (UNP) and President Maithripala Sirisena's centre-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) were …

ECONOMYNEXT – A last ditch attempt by President Maithripala Sirisena to oust Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has failed due to a constitutional hurdle and more significantly the lack of parliamentary support, sources close to both sides said. Presi…

COLOMBO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday ended days of silence, saying the unity government between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would continue and he would continue…

The parliamentarian revealed this speaking to media after having discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena. He also said that although the Joint Opposition would support the formation of a Sri Lanka Freedom Party led UPFA government, they would n…

Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said today former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had asked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over the phone not to resign from the premiership. He told the weekly Cabinet briefing that Mr. Rajapaksa had told the Premi…

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has proposed the name of Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva as the new Prime Minister, a Minister said yesterday. Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told Daily Mirror that the UPFA had decided to put forward Mr. de Silva’s name for the PM post in …

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should admit their mistake and apologize to the people, Purawesi Balaya Co-Convener K.W. Janaranjana said yesterday. He told a news conference that the President and the Prime Minis…

The Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe separately on Tuesday, ahead of his departure for New Delhi to meet the new Indian Foreign Secretary…

The United National Party (UNP) backbenchers, who met with party leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today, had urged the Premier to form an independent UNP government. Back benched MPs Kavinda Jayawardene, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha, Thushara Indun…

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe obtained the consent of President Maithripala Sirisena to form a UNP government in place of the current unity government between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), a source close …

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